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https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/gog-confirm-they-are-working-towards-gog-galaxy-on-linux/
MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 4 days ago The only thing I want from GoG for Linux is a game download in 1 file instead of many. I spent an hour today trying to install the DLC for Yakuza Like a Dragon and it just would not detect the game installation.
Ended up downloading the whole thing from Fitgirl instead because it’s better service.
boboblaw@hexbear.net 4 days ago Recently experienced something similar. Ended up having to tweak the working directory.
MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 4 days ago Yeah, I tried all the stuff I could find online by changing the working directory and also repointing the target on Steam for the installer exe to the dlc exe to make sure they use the same prefix :(
Was just easier to download from Fitgirl, add setup.exe to Steam and run it xD
I think I’e read this headline 26 times in the past year.
Might as well just contribute to Heroic at this point…
Heroic is singlehandedly the best tool I’ve had for getting seemingly any Windows game to work as needed. I don’t know what they do differently than Bottles or Lutris under the hood but good lord the “just works” aspects of it are glorious.
Janky old DX8 title? Bam, now it runs in Vulkan with proper API extensions and directinlut wrappers. Got a weird, 16-bit Windows 3.1 title? Look at that, it works too. The only seeming exceptions are where there legitimately just isn’t support yet via Proton or DXVK and that’s an ever narrowing gap
I have issues with old DOSBox games. Has anyone ever gotten Star Wars Rebel Assault 1 or 2 running?
Are you saying it will run Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol?
Sunshine@piefed.ca 5 days ago Europeans on Cachy clap in response
Cool, I’ll look at it just as soon as the evidence they aren’t anti-trans Nazis comes in.
^Purity test nonsense.
binux@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago You’re getting downvoted but they still haven’t given a coherent response to that whole Nazi newsletter fiasco. It’s so dumb how people on Lemmy/Piefed will gladly shun any far-right bigotry until it regards their favourite video game platform.
Fuck I need more context don’t do this to me.
I remember CDPR saying something like “the future includes trans people, fucking deal with it.” After getting shit on about art in cyberpunk.
Wtf?
Fucking finally! I hate all the run around required to get some games to run.
They have been saying that on and off for years. Im sure it will come eventually but its impossible to tell when that will be.
Sunshine@piefed.ca 5 days ago Poland needs to invest into Linux more
That’s exactly what I’ve been asking for. I like the gog model of no DRM, but being able to play on my OS of choice is more important to me, so I usually buy from steam. I know most gog games can run on Linux with manual setup, but most of the time I’m in the mood for gaming I don’t want to troubleshoot, I most likely did that all day at work already. The game is the unwind from all that. When this lands I will use it to buy a new game from them, if not just for testing purposes.
TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 5 days ago In the interim, Heroic Launcher is a viable alternative on Linux, since it’s got integration with GOG and a wine/proton manager built in. So it’ll automatically download the game and set up the prefix. It also does the same for Epic, but who give a shit about them.
yeah Heroic is how I play my GOG games on Linux, and also the Epic freebies I’ve picked up.
Actually as a game launcher, I prefer Heroic to Steam - if only because of the instant start-up.
I’m kind of bored of Steam and its 60-second start-up time. Most of it is Steam waiting for network connectivity so it can confirm your account validity and connecting to Friends servers, which Heroic doesn’t have to worry about.
I haven’t found a GOG client for Linux that’s as easy as Steam. They all require some kind of fiddling. Some games that should work, just don’t. I don’t bother with those and I just pretend they don’t exist. I play those that just work out of the box. I’ve tried Lutris, Heroic and Faugus.
Holy moly. I hope they don’t half ass it. 🙏🏻
Oh hey does that mean they’ll actually ship all the libraries needed to run the linux versions of games released on the platform?
For select titles maybe but I wouldn’t count on it unless clearly stated
Thank fuck, I was really mystified when I swapped to Linux a couple years ago and learned there was just no GOG Linux support basically